WorksheetsPaper Menagerie
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 16mins
The narrator of the story is __________________?
The father
The mother
The son
The author
The setting of the story is set in________________________?
China
Connecticut
Hong Kong
California
The title takes it's name from?
The wrapping paper his mother saved.
The Box in the attic.
The origami his mother did.
The box of origami animals his mother made.
The boy rejects his mother ___________________________.
When Mark gets mad at him for breaking his Star Wars action figure.
When Mark makes his life miserable at school and makes fun of him.
When the ladies arrived at their new house.
When the father doesn't understand his mother.
Why does his mother show him how to make origami animals?
He was bored.
He was upset and crying.
He asked about all of the wrapping paper.
His mother wanted to pass on her culture.
How does his mother come to the United States?
She is a mail order bride.
She leaves China by boat.
She comes with her uncle from Hong Kong.
She comes to find work.
After his mothers death, what does he find.
The paper origami animals.
Pictures of her.
Her life story inside one of the origami animals.
His baseball cards.
All of the origami animals were make out of old Christmas wrapping paper.
True
False
His mother made each of his animals magically come to life. What did she do to make that happen?
She blew on them.
She used many pieces of paper.
She told him stories about each one.
She gave each one a special name.
Jack's anger toward his mother was because of all except___________.
She was Chinese.
Her life and her intentions.
She couldn't speak the language.
He was being bullied.
What is actually the "paper menagerie" in the story?
Jack's stuffed animals
origami animals
Jack's collection of stamps
Dad's paper cars
Which characters are in the story?
Jessica, Mom, Dad, Mark
Mom, Aunt Vivian, Jack
Jack, Mom, Mark
Ken Liu, Mark, Jack
According to the Chinese calendar, Jack was born in the year of
the tiger
the rat
the snake
the goat
How did Dad meet Mom?
Internet dating
On a business trip in Beijing
at Kroger, aisle 7
mail order bride
The mother possesses what special skill?
cooking delicious Chinese and American food
breathing life into the origami animals
being able to communicate telepathically
sewing invisible clothes
Laohu was made using what type of material?
Aluminum Foil
saran wrap
construction paper
Christmas wrapping paper
Jack comments, "Contempt felt good, like wine." His comment is what type of figurative language?
Personification
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Who translates mom's letter to Jack?
A stranger
His cousin Jimmy
Jack, himself, is able to translate it.
Mom
Which word best describes Jack's attitude toward his Mom in The Paper Menagerie?
Accepting
Fascinated
Resentful
Afraid
When Jack feels that he does not fit in because he owns only origami animals instead of toys, his Dad...
Buys him Star Wars toys
Tells him to respect his Mom's culture
Jack's mother's earliest memory is...
Seeing her own mother eat dirt
Learning to make origami animals
Learning to write calligraphy
Being locked in the Chen family's cupboards overnight
As a child and young teenager, Jack's mother did what to support herself financially?
Sold food in the market
Sold homemade origami animals
Was a live-in nanny for a rich family
Worked in a factory
How did Jack's mother escape the poverty and famine in China?
She worked for the government
She secretly boarded a ship
She enrolled in an international dating service
She saved enough money to take a flight to the U.S.
The neighbour women visit Jack's family's house. Their attitude toward Jack and his mother is...
Accepting
Welcoming
Judgemental
Afraid
What strange thing did the mom do before she set the animal on the table?
she blew onto the paper like it was a balloon
she set the paper on fire
she put it in the fridge
she gave it to the father
What did Mark do to Laohu
He tore him in half
He stepped on him
He put him in the goldfish bowl
He ate him
The title takes it's name from?
The wrapping paper his mother saved.
The Box in the attic.
The origami his mother did.
The box of origami animals his mother made.
The boy rejects his mother ___________________________.
When Mark gets mad at him for breaking his Star Wars action figure.
When Mark makes his life miserable at school and makes fun of him.
When the ladies arrived at their new house.
When the father doesn't understand his mother.
What is 'tiger' in Chinese?
Laohu
Lulu
le tigre
tigger
When the boy was older...
he would not talk to his mom.
he played with the animals more.
his mom was his best friend.
